The tape is recorded by Ad Delleman. It is a Maxell XLII 90 cassette in a box of the same brand. It is a copy and compilation of older tapes with music recorded in Noeboeai and Pasi. Side A starts with a flue and drum orchestra, a version of the Wilhelmus, the Dutch National Song, it continues with children choir songs from the village school, a flute and drum orchestra, then children choir songs, after 25’16 tifa songs, comments on a pig feast, sounds of the surroundings, more tifa songs, description of what is happening, after 31’33 Noeboeai, children choir songs with a shirt speech in Bahasa. Later the wind in the microphone gives some disturbances and influences the sound. The B side continues with children choir songs followed after 8 minutes by guitar songs of the youth of Noenoeai on the gallery of the posthouse till the end. Languages Bahasa, Dutch, local Papua languages

Side A is 45’50 and Side B is 46’38

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